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Tag Archives | film
New Teaching Theme – Lights, Camera, Action!
Read about the latest Teaching Theme… which has hundreds of ideas and resources linked to the use of film and TV in the classroom.
British Pathe Education
The Youtube video above gives information about a new offer from British Pathé. Their archive of 90,000 films and 12 million photographs covers an enormous range of subjects including modern British and world history, news, fashion, sport, entertainment, travel, warfare and 20th Century social history. This archive is available to all schools in the UK through a [...]
Closing the Gap debate
I’m a big fan of the FilmClub scheme and have run a successful FilmClub at my own school (including a wonderful ‘FilmClub on the road’ event where the team turned our school hall into a giant cinema screen!). The team at FilmClub have emailed me about an important event which is taking place next month. [...]
National Schools Film Week
National Schools Film Week (NSFW) provides teachers and their students the opportunity to see a wide range of films at local cinemas entirely free-of-charge. This year will be the 15th annual festival and it is available to any school. They welcome bookings of all sizes. Some schools will bring an entire Year group or Key Stage while [...]
Film Project for 11-14 year olds
My World in 60 Seconds is a film project for 11-14 year olds, set up by the Geographical Association, to create an alternative guide to our world, a guide that is created by you. The organisers want to re-present the world as people know it, so they are looking for young people to make short [...]
We Are The People… – Education Documentary
A new independent documentary film about education is being released soon. The makers of the film, titled ‘We Are The People We’ve Been Waiting For’, explain that it “was inspired and guided by Lord Puttnam and Sir Michael Barber and explores the education system in the UK and asks whether the current system provides young people [...]
Young Minds Digital Times Film Competition
An exciting competition is now open to young film makers. The Young Minds Digital Times Film competition is open to students in American grades 6-12 (or their international equivalents) and registration is free. From their site… “The Second Annual Young Minds Digital Times Film Competition (YMDT) is a collaboration between KidThrive.org and Converge magazine to offer an [...]
Film Education Newsletter
For those interested in using film in the classroom, the following sites are extremely useful: www.filmclub.org (run your own film club!) www.filmstreet.co.uk (learn all about movie making) www.filmeducation.org.uk (a charity which aims to support teachers to use film as an educational tool). Film Education also send out regular newsletters which include updates about their free [...]
Staff Meeting Time…
Every so often at school, I’m able to run a staff meeting. I always enjoy these, as it’s a chance for me to share new ideas about ICT with other members of staff. Many of our ICT meetings are linked to new software or equipment that has arrived in school, but I wanted this one [...]
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